Ashland Inc

Process Safety Lab Scientist

Ashland Inc • $70K — $95K *
Bridgewater, NJ 08807In-Person
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in chemistry or chemical engineering
  • Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
  • Strong lab skills with good understanding of chemical principles
  • Excellent time management and organization for handling multiple projects
  • Ability to obtain New Jersey Grade H permit and pass background checks
  • Authorization to work in the United States
  • Mechanical skills for working with tools and handling equipment

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with engineers and regulatory personnel to generate hazard data
  • Maintain and calibrate lab equipment and troubleshoot issues
  • Document experiments meticulously and analyze test data
  • Adhere strictly to safety protocols and policies
  • Design and conduct experiments for process safety data
  • Develop custom testing protocols and problem-solving skills
  • Process test requests and perform safety reviews on samples
  • Manage chemical inventories and ensure proper waste disposal

Benefits

  • Recognition rewards and employee engagement events
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and families starting day one
  • Generous 401(k) plan with company matching
  • Referral bonus for bringing in new talent
  • Flexible work schedule to promote work/life balance
Full Job Description
Ashland has an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team as a Scientist in our Process Safety Lab. This position is visible and significant and will report to the Applied Research Group Leader in Bridgewater, NJ.

This position will be located in Bridgewater, NJ.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Work closely with process and plant engineers and quality and regulatory personnel to generate material and process hazard data, enabling Ashland and external customers to handle materials in manufacturing operations in a safe, sustainable and compliant manner.
  • Maintain and calibrate lab equipment and instrumentation. Diagnose and repair faulty instrumentation, as needed.
  • Keep detailed records of experiments, interpret test data and write test reports.
  • Follow all safety policies and procedures, performing all duties in a safe manner.
  • With supervisor, design and perform non-routine experiments to obtain calorimetric and manometric process safety data related to run-away reactions.
  • With experience, the candidate will develop an understanding of testing methodologies, enabling design of custom testing protocols, and will obtain the problem-solving skills to identify causal factors for anomalies in test data.
  • Process and evaluate test requests and incoming chemicals and samples, performing sample preparation and pre-test safety reviews.
  • Maintain inventories of chemicals and spare parts. Ensure timely disposal of waste to keep work area clean and organized.
  • Maintain detailed inventory of igniters and generate monthly NJ explosives use report.


In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:
  • Bachelor's degree in chemistry or chemical engineering
  • Ability to work in highly collaborative, cross-functional environment involving global customers, labs, and manufacturing sites
  • Understanding of chemical principles, good lab skills, neat working habits and excellent oral and written communication
  • Good time management and organizational skills for supporting multiple projects
  • Ability to obtain New Jersey Grade H permit to use explosives and to pass NJ State Police and ATF background checks
  • Authorization to work in the United States
  • Mechanical skills to work with common tools and small diameter tubing and tube fittings
  • Ability to lift and move safely equipment and materials weighing up to 40 pounds


The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:
  • 2 to 5 years of work experience in process safety testing, analytical testing or quality control
  • Knowledge of electrical principles and pressure and temperature measurement
  • Experience working with compressed gases
  • Experience in particle size analysis, moisture analysis, particle size reduction (milling and sieving), adiabatic calorimetry and Dust Hazard Characterization testing (20L sphere, MIE, MAIT, LIT, etc.)
  • Knowledge of ASTM and EU combustible dust testing standards
  • Knowledge of UN Tests for flammable solids, self-heating solids and oxidizing solids
  • Understanding of synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry


Perks of working at Ashland:
  • Team and individual recognition rewards, employee engagement events, and company bonus plan
  • Comprehensive benefit package, medical, dental and vision starting on day one for you AND your family
  • Generous 401(k) plan with company match
  • Referral bonus plan - get a job with us and get paid to refer your friends
  • Good work/life balance with options for flexibility in work schedule

About Ashland Inc

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. is a global specialty chemicals company that provides innovative solutions to customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care and pharmaceutical. Through our three business units - Ashland Specialty Ingredients, Ashland Performance Materials and Valvoline - we use good chemistry to make great things happen for customers in more than 100 countries.
Learn more about Ashland Inc
Size
3,800 employees
Market Cap
$5.7 billion
Industry
Business Services
Net Income
-$484 million
Founded
1924
5 Year Trend
+0.7%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
NASDAQ
ASH
* Ladders Estimates

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